A Beginner's Guide to Minnesota Trees


Deciduous Trees


If the leaves are pale green below and have 5 lobes with smooth or wavy-pointed edges, the tree is a sugar maple.
If the leaves are silvery white below and have 5 (occasionally 3) deeply cut lobes with jagged edges, the tree is a silver maple
If the leaves are whitish green below and have 3 (occasionally 5) shallowly cut lobes with sharply toothed edges, the tree is a red maple

Sugar Maple Silver Maple

Red Maple

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